The Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival started in 1998; the Fort Lauderdale Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in 2008. Both were brought together under one brand: OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival - underscoring our broad appeal and dynamic multi-cultural location. Critically and internationally acclaimed, it serves as a platform for numerous premiers and is the largest LGBT cultural arts event in South Florida. Outshine is everything you want in a film festival... inviting, glowing, and eclipsing all others before it. Our mission is to inspire, entertain, and educate; encouraging a sense of community through international and culturally diverse film, video, and other media that offer historical and contemporary perspectives on the LGBTQ+ experience.OUTrageous. OUTspoken. And OUTstanding in what we deliver. https://outshinefilm.com
Review: 'Sublime' Full Of Age-Appropriate Angst
How do you tell your BFF you're in love with him? Or do you? This film puts the "teen" in Argen-TEEN-a, with age-appropriate angst, in a story about a couple of guys with a band and a bond.
Review: Former Fundamentalists Fight LGBTQ+-Hostile Laws in 'Mama Bears'
As American Christofascists target marginalized LBGTQIA+ youth across the country with bathroom bans and an onslaught of terror tactics, former fundamentalists strive to fight back.
Review: 'Camila Comes Out Tonight' Follows a Queer Feminist Teen
Inés Barrionuevo's Argentinian film follows a queer activist teen (Nina Dziembrowski) struggling at a conservative school. Anchored by a great lead performance, the film could have delved deeper.
Review: '"Besties' a Compelling Queer Spin on 'Romeo and Juliet"
This compelling and poignant film about an Algerian-French teen girl (Lina El Arabi) falling for a girl (Esther Rollande) in a rival gang is a queer spin on "Romeo and Juliet" and a moving coming-of-age story.
Queer Rom-Com 'Anaïs in Love' is Charming, Sensual, and Vibrant
Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet's delightfully charming, vibrant, and jubilant queer French rom-com follows a woman who falls for her lover's girlfriend.
Review: 'Cop Secret' is Sheer Dumb Fun in an '80s Action Mold
For those of us who came of age in the '80s, watching the big, loud action movies of that era, this feels like a missing piece that's been put into place at last.
Review: Queer Drama 'The Divide' Explores Class Issues at a Hospital
Catherine Corsini's queer French drama focuses on a lesbian couple on the brink of breaking up while at a hospital on the night of a labor protest.
Review: Comedic 'Homebody' Puts a Fresh Spin on the Body-Swapping Genre
A delightful and refreshing take on childhood, this engaging film is an empathetic look at what it means to be in a body that doesn't match a person's mind.
Review: 'Make Me Famous' A Breezily Chaotic Portrait of Gay Painter Ed Brezinsky
Brian Vincent's documentary about gay painter Ed Brezinski is a tempest that sends names, images, and anecdotes flying at the viewer in a breathless confusion, resulting in a narrative pointillism.
Review: 'Bridesman' a Quirky Comedy Series from Grindr
Grindr's new venture, a comedic web series, will leave you laughing... for the wrong reasons.